The [Hirana] left a few rookies who had just joined the army this year to stay on the ship, and the remaining 40 officers and men went out in one go, especially a few military commanders who were nearly 40 years old and about to face retirement, and they walked in front of the team with full vigor, holding a long naval saber in their hands, constantly shouting and cheering for their comrades.

If a Japanese Navy non-commissioned officer is not promoted to a special non-commissioned officer (a Japanese Navy special lieutenant, mainly a senior technician in the marine engineering, flight maintenance, repair, and medical departments of a ship) at the age of 40, he must retire and return to his hometown, leaving the privileged class of soldiers and becoming ordinary ordinary people.

Being able to have the privilege of teaching those army idiots a lesson before leaving the army is enough for them to brag about the rest of their lives, and it can be regarded as a good end to this hard military life.

The sailors on the "Hiri] wore autumn dark blue sailor uniforms, navy-standard cowhide ammunition boxes, white one-piece leggings, and held 35-year-style naval rifles issued by the navy, and the long 30-style bayonets shone dazzlingly in the sun.

The Type 35 naval rifle is also the result of the competition between the Japanese army and navy, because it is worried that the source channels of light weapons will be controlled by the army, and the Japanese navy has specially developed a navy-standard Type 35 rifle on the basis of the 30-year rifle of the Arisaka, so that the army will not be able to occupy the navy's share of production.

The navy creatively used an upright sight and a dust cover on this rifle, which was originally designed to prevent sailors from entering the exposed bolt when they landed on the beach, but this trick was learned by the army that was plagued by the sand and dust in northern China, and eventually led to the birth of the 38-style big cover.

The Yangtze River gunboats rarely had the opportunity to land and fight, so they were only equipped with rifles for self-defense, but the [Shiduo] model was equipped with six Lewis machine guns, but this time it was completely dismantled by the sailors, although there was no special land gun mount, but this was originally a light machine gun that could be carried and used by a single person, and the naval machine gunner used a strong canvas gun belt to hang the machine gun on his chest.

When the sailors of the Hira arrived at the rendezvous site, they found that they were not the first to arrive, and that at least 400 sailors had already assembled in the spacious playground by the naval pier.

Captain Akiyama of Matsushima, the armored cruiser Izumo, took command of the highest-ranking officer present, and the Navy Captain stood on a high platform and looked scrappy.

"It's from the [Hira], it's not too late for you to come." Seeing the arrival of the [Hira] team, a naval captain who Hasegawa did not know greeted him.

"I'm Misaku Okada, who has just been transferred to the Fleet Staff Department as a staff officer, and I have long wanted to find an opportunity to get to know the captains, but I didn't expect this to be the case when we met for the first time. You're Captain Nobutada Hasegawa, I've heard of your name for a long time, and I'm going to ask you to take care of me in the future. "This staff officer surnamed Okada seems to be very easy to get along with, at least in his attitude.

"Whereever, I still have to ask you to take care of me in the future, Captain Okada." Hasegawa hurriedly saluted the other party.

Although Hasegawa is much older than the other party, and it is estimated that the graduation time is at least two worlds older than the other party, but in the Japanese Navy, it is not only the place where seniority is important, but also depends on the connections behind it.

"I heard that you are sick, how are you doing now? If you feel uncomfortable, don't force it. Okada looked concerned and sympathetic, like a friend who had known each other for a long time.

"With duct tape, cute and stupid milk. (Very good, no problem)" Hasegawa smiled and gave a thumbs up to indicate that he was doing well.

"That's good, I'm relieved. Please take your men down to line up behind the [Ataka], and the fleet commander will be there shortly. At that point, I had to wait for the other troops, so I took my leave. Okada pointed out the position of the formation to Hasegawa, and then gave a military salute to the other party.

"Ah, it's okay, I'll see you later." Hasegawa returned the salute.

"What a nice sir, Captain." The first mate said with emotion.

"yes, he looks like a nice guy." Hasegawa nodded in agreement.

"Captain, your face looks very bad, is it starting to have a fever again?" The first mate asked with concern.

"No problem, I'll stick to this little illness." Hasegawa shook his head and comforted his deputy.

The mobilization efficiency of the Japanese Navy was really very high, and within a quarter of an hour of the order, the units that received the order arrived one after another, and the final number of combat troops assembled reached 592 men, which was almost enough to form an infantry brigade.

After all, they are not a regular Marine Corps, most of the personnel are light infantry equipped with rifles, there are about 30 light and heavy machine guns of various types, and there are more than 20 grenadiers, and there are no heavy weapons such as artillery, but now this kind of operation, think about it, there is no need to use any artillery.

Lieutenant Tanimoto came very quickly, and he landed directly at the riverside pier on the motorized transport boat of "Prince Eugen", and he was accompanied by several German naval officers who were German witnesses to the Japanese Navy's active handling of the crisis.

"Everybody knows what they're going to do." Tanimoto held the saber scabbard in his hand and asked Akiyama with a serious face.

"Yes, Your Excellency, everyone's morale is high." Captain Akiyama replied respectfully.

"How many people are there?" The chief of staff asked.

"Five hundred and ninety-two, chief of staff." Akiyama replied.

"Is there only so much you can make up? But it doesn't matter, the Special Marine Corps is about to arrive. Now we have to get this out of the way before the Army gets started, understand? Chief of Staff Ichinose said aloud to the naval officers standing in front of him.

"Huh! Understood, Chief of Staff. The officers leading the team respectfully saluted the commander.

"Let's go, let's go. Akiyama, led by your [Izumo] team in front, and the rest of the squadrons follow in the order of the fleet. Chief of Staff, you are with me. Tanimoto waved his hand in order, then turned his face to Feng. Colonel Hertz said: "Von. Captain Hertz, we're off now. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." The German admiral held the naval ceremonial saber at his waist and nodded at Tanimoto.

Of course, it was impossible for the commander to go into battle on foot, and the dock duty office did not know where to transfer two high-end cars, which also had civilian license plates issued by the public concession.

One of the 38-year-old Ford sedans is still a private custom, and I don't know which way the original owner is. However, in these years, the Japanese have been quite unreasonable, and they have not been doing this kind of thing in the occupied area, and in the end, if they can return it unharmed, the master should go to burn incense and make a wish.

Although there were no limousines on the docks, there were plenty of trucks carrying soldiers, and the navy had its own independent logistics system, which was not at all comparable to the army's group of turtles driving mules.

The main reason is that most of the Navy's equipment and supplies are full of weight, which is really inconvenient for manpower and animal transportation. Shanghai was previously the base of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, and the Japanese Navy was equipped with a complete fleet logistics system here, and the degree of automation far exceeded that of the army units.

So the troops, which numbered less than 600 people, were divided into 40 Nissan 80 trucks and rushed towards the Waibaidu Bridge.

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